Sunrise

Indian Pacific - part 2

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January 23rd 2011
As I said goodbye to Adelaide imagine my horror when I got to the train terminal to see a member of staff closely watching the floor near a couple of backpackers and heard her say - it's a white tip spider. I had not read about these dangerous creatures when reading up before my trip so I didn't know if they were killer spiders or not. However the member of staff didn't seem that bothered by it an ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Adelaide

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more